I’m here to get my baby out of jail

Coll. by Arlene Sherman
M. C. Parler Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 17, 1954
I'm Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail
I'm not in yout town to stay,
Said a lady old and gray,
To the warden of a penitenuary,
I'm not in your town to stay so I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail,
Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
I tried to raise my baby right,
I have prayed both day and night,
That he'd never follow the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and near,
And I heard that he had died,
But its good to find my baby here in jail,
Yes warden, its good to find my baby here in jail
Its just five years ago today,
Since my husband passed away,
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
I made a vow to keep his chain,
His gold watch and diamond ring,
And the county laid my husband in the ground
Yes warden, the county laid my husband in the ground
I will pond you my watch,
I will pond you my chain,
I will pond you my gold diamond
I will wash all your clothes,
I will scrub all your floors,
If that will get my baby out of
Yes warden, if that will get my
Then we heard the warden say,
To this lady old and gray,
I will bring your baby boy to your side,
Two iron gates swung wide apart,
Then she pressed him to her heart
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
But smiling, in the arms of her dear boy then
she died
ring,
jail
baby out of jail

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Coll. by Arlene Sherman
M. C. Parler Fayetteville, Arkansas
January 17, 1954
I'm Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail
I'm not in yout town to stay,
Said a lady old and gray,
To the warden of a penitenuary,
I'm not in your town to stay so I'll soon be on my way
I'm just here to get my baby out of jail,
Yes warden, I'm just here to get my baby out of jail
I tried to raise my baby right,
I have prayed both day and night,
That he'd never follow the footsteps of his dad
I have searched both far and near,
And I heard that he had died,
But its good to find my baby here in jail,
Yes warden, its good to find my baby here in jail
Its just five years ago today,
Since my husband passed away,
He was found beneath the snow so cold and white
I made a vow to keep his chain,
His gold watch and diamond ring,
And the county laid my husband in the ground
Yes warden, the county laid my husband in the ground
I will pond you my watch,
I will pond you my chain,
I will pond you my gold diamond
I will wash all your clothes,
I will scrub all your floors,
If that will get my baby out of
Yes warden, if that will get my
Then we heard the warden say,
To this lady old and gray,
I will bring your baby boy to your side,
Two iron gates swung wide apart,
Then she pressed him to her heart
She kissed her baby boy and then she died
But smiling, in the arms of her dear boy then
she died
ring,
jail
baby out of jail